Battery-run rickshaws

Battery-run rickshaws

Battery-run rickshaws are meant for short-distance travel on village roads and local streets with low speeds and limited traffic complexity. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

It’s time to accept that autorickshaws are not designed for highways

The moment a relatively slow-moving autorickshaw and a speeding heavy vehicle occupy the same narrow highway lane, tragedy becomes only a matter of seconds

Long tailbacks in Badda, Dhaka, on 19 January 2026. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Long tailbacks in Badda as battery-run rickshaw drivers protest demanding removal of Buet-designed model

Photo: Saqlain Rizve

Tougher policy soon to regulate battery-run rickshaws in Bangladesh

A battery-operated three-wheeled e-rickshaw on display at the inauguration ceremony of a driver training programme at the Dhaka North City Corporation auditorium on 28 June 2025. Photo: TBS

E-rickshaws to be introduced in Uttara, Dhanmondi, Paltan areas in August

BUET Professor Md Ehsan stands beside his newly designed autorickshaw—just 3.2 metres long and 1.5 metres wide—built for two passengers to ensure greater stability and prevent tipping. With a safety-focused top speed of 30 km/h, the vehicle can be produced at an estimated cost of Tk1.5 lakh. Photo: Junayet Rashel

Buet’s smart fix for Dhaka's autorickshaws

Locally customised e-rickshaws are supplanting manual ones as demand grows for cheaper and faster transport. Photo: Saqlain Rizve

‘Bangla Tesla’: Policy being formulated to ensure discipline, safety

The Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Mohammad Azaz handed over financial assistance of Tk50,000 each to three rickshaw pullers at a ceremony at the corporation headquarters on 14 May 2025. Photo: Courtesy

Dhaka North provides Tk1.5 lakh to owners of 3 crushed battery-run rickshaws

Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Mohammad Azaz speaks to reporters during a drive against unauthorised rickshaws in the Asadgate area on 13 May 2025. Photo: TBS

Several companies approved to manufacture Buet-certified battery-rickshaws: Dhaka North administrator

Representational image of accident. Photo: Collected

Battery-run rickshaw hits motorcycle which crashes into bus killing 2 in Banasree

Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Mohammad Ejaz speaks at an event in Dhaka on 24 April 2025. File Photo: TBS

Battery-run rickshaws won't be allowed on Dhaka's main roads: DNCC administrator

Police take one of the protesters into custody after thwarting a rally of the battery-powered rickshaw drivers at Dewanhat intersection in Chattogram 29 April 2025. Photo: TBS

Police foil battery-run rickshaw drivers’ rally in Ctg, arrest three

The four individuals were arrested during a raid in the Bahaddarhat area around 6am today (27 April). Photo: Collected

Battery rickshaw drivers clash with police in Ctg: 51 arrested in four days

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Mohammad Ejaz speaks while launching a road, walkway and sewage construction project in Mirpur on 26 April 2025. Photo: TBS

Crackdown soon on battery-powered rickshaw workshops, charging points: Dhaka north administrator